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Clément Lagrue

Clément Lagrue

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
24
Citations
1808
World Ranking
3033
National Ranking
170

Overview

Clément Lagrue is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada, focusing mainly on the field of Environmental Science. Their research encompasses several subfields including Ecology, Genetics, Parasitology, Small Animals, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

The central topics addressed in their work revolve around Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Helminth infection and control, Parasitic infections in humans and animals, Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies, Crustacean biology and ecology, Viral Infections and Vectors, and Plant and animal studies.

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on parasitology and ecological interactions involving host species and parasites. Notable papers include:

  • The energetic costs of sub-lethal helminth parasites in mammals: a meta-analysis, 2022, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Temperature and multiple parasites combine to alter host community structure, 2021, Oikos
  • Corynosoma strumosum (Acanthocephala) infection in marine foraging mink (Neogale vison) and river otter (Lontra canadensis) and associated peritonitis in a juvenile mink, 2022, Parasitology International
  • A new species of Versteria (Cestoda: Taeniidae) parasitizing Neogale vison and Lontra canadensis (Carnivora: Mustelidae) from Western Canada, 2024, Journal of Helminthology
  • Detection of Toxoplasma gondii (Types I, II, III and 12) and Sarcocystis spp. in the brains of river otter (Lontra canadensis) from Alberta, Canada, 2025, International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife

Their work has been published across several scientific journals, including:

  • Journal of Helminthology
  • Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Oikos
  • Parasitology International
  • International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife

Frequent co-authors in their research projects include:

  • Kyle M. Shanebeck
  • Robert Poulin
  • Jerusha Bennett
  • Bronwen Presswell
  • Stephanie Green

Best Publications

  • Modification of hosts' behavior by a parasite: field evidence for adaptive manipulation.

    Clément Lagrue;Nicolas Kaldonski;Marie-Jeanne Perrot-Minnot;Sébastien Motreuil

  • Spines and behaviour as defences against fish predators in an invasive freshwater amphipod.

    LoÏc Bollache;Nicolas Kaldonski;Jean-Philippe Troussard;Clément Lagrue

  • Confrontation of cryptic diversity and mate discrimination within Gammarus pulex and Gammarus fossarum species complexes

    Clément Lagrue;Clément Lagrue;Rémi A. Wattier;Matthias Galipaud;Zoé Gauthey

  • Co-occurrences of parasite clones and altered host phenotype in a snail-trematode system.

    Clément Lagrue;James McEwan;Robert Poulin;Devon B. Keeney

  • Factors influencing infection patterns of trophically transmitted parasites among a fish community: host diet, host-parasite compatibility or both?

    C. Lagrue;D. W. Kelly;A. Hicks;R. Poulin

  • Life cycle abbreviation in the trematode Coitocaecum parvum: can parasites adjust to variable conditions?

    C. Lagrue;R. Poulin

  • Intra- and interspecific competition among helminth parasites: Effects on Coitocaecum parvum life history strategy, size and fecundity

    Clément Lagrue;Robert Poulin

  • The missing link in parasite manipulation of host behaviour.

    Ryan Herbison;Clement Lagrue;Robert Poulin

  • Measuring fish body condition with or without parasites: does it matter?

    C. Lagrue;R. Poulin

  • The energetic costs of sub‐lethal helminth parasites in mammals: a meta‐analysis

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  • Bottom - up regulation of parasite population densities in freshwater ecosystems

    Cl é ment Lagrue;Robert Poulin

  • Effects of crayfish on leaf litter breakdown and shredder prey: are native and introduced species functionally redundant?

    Luc Dunoyer;L. Dijoux;Loïc Bollache;Loïc Bollache;Loïc Bollache;Clément Lagrue;Clément Lagrue

  • Are parasite richness and abundance linked to prey species richness and individual feeding preferences in fish hosts

    Alyssa R. Cirtwill;Daniel B. Stouffer;Robert Poulin;Clément Lagrue

  • Genetic structure and host-parasite co-divergence: evidence for trait-specific local adaptation

    Clément Lagrue;Arnaud Joannes;Robert Poulin;Isabel Blasco-Costa

  • Larval size in acanthocephalan parasites: influence of intraspecific competition and effects on intermediate host behavioural changes.

    Lucile Dianne;Loïc Bollache;Clément Lagrue;Clément Lagrue;Nathalie Franceschi

  • Parasites shape community structure and dynamics in freshwater crustaceans.

    Olwyn C. Friesen;Sarah Goellner;Robert Poulin;Clément Lagrue

  • EFFECTS OF CLONALITY IN MULTIPLE INFECTIONS ON THE LIFE‐HISTORY STRATEGY OF THE TREMATODE COITOCAECUM PARVUM IN ITS AMPHIPOD INTERMEDIATE HOST

    Clément Lagrue;Robert Poulin;Devon B. Keeney

  • Differential patterns of definitive host use by two fish acanthocephalans occurring in sympatry: Pomphorhynchus laevis and Pomphorhynchus tereticollis

    Marie-Jeanne Perrot-Minnot;Emilie Guyonnet;Loïc Bollache;Clément Lagrue

  • Differential impacts of shared parasites on fitness components among competing hosts.

    Olwyn C. Friesen;Robert Poulin;Clément Lagrue

  • Life cycle abbreviation in trematode parasites and the developmental time hypothesis: is the clock ticking?

    C. Lagrue;R. Poulin

  • An invasive species may be better than none: invasive signal and native noble crayfish have similar community effects.

    Clement Lagrue;Clement Lagrue;Thomas Podgorniak;Antoine Lecerf;Loïc Bollache;Loïc Bollache

  • The use of fluorescent fatty acid analogs as labels in trematode experimental infections

    Devon B. Keeney;Clément Lagrue;Kim Bryan-Walker;Nicola Khan

  • The scaling of parasite biomass with host biomass in lake ecosystems: are parasites limited by host resources?

    Clément Lagrue;Robert Poulin

  • Lack of seasonal variation in the life-history strategies of the trematode Coitocaecum parvum: no apparent environmental effect.

    C. Lagrue;R. Poulin

  • Manipulative parasites in the world of veterinary science: implications for epidemiology and pathology.

    Clément Lagrue;Robert Poulin

  • New evidence on a cold case: trophic transmission, distribution and host-specificity in Hedruris spinigera (Nematoda: Hedruridae)

    José L. Luque;Fabiano M. Vieira;Kristin Herrmann;Tania M. King

  • Non-host organisms impact transmission at two different life stages in a marine parasite.

    Sofia Vielma;Clément Lagrue;Robert Poulin;Christian Selbach

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Poulin
Robert Poulin University of Otago
Loïc Bollache
Loïc Bollache University of Burgundy
Thierry Rigaud
Thierry Rigaud University of Burgundy
Daniel B. Stouffer
Daniel B. Stouffer University of Canterbury
José L. Luque
José L. Luque Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro
Joel E. Cohen
Joel E. Cohen Rockefeller University
Michael Danger
Michael Danger University of Lorraine
John S. Kominoski
John S. Kominoski Florida International University
Isabel Blasco-Costa
Isabel Blasco-Costa Natural History Museum of Geneva
Laurent Keller
Laurent Keller University of Lausanne

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